Two and a half weeks after sending tanks and ground troops into northern Gaza, Israeli forces have entered a hospital that they claim Hamas operates out of. Mohammed Zaqout, the director of hospitals in Gaza, said Wednesday that Israeli tanks were inside the medical compound and that soldiers had entered buildings of Shifa Hospital. Shifa has become a symbol of the widespread suffering of Palestinian civilians. The war between Israel and Hamas erupted after the militant group killed some 1,200 people and seized around 240 captives in a surprise Oct. 7 attack into southern Israel. More than 11,200 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, which does not differentiate between civilian and militant deaths.
